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[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Yesterday a policeman asked for my name and I said "sorry, i am already seeing someone."

[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago

Thats amazing!

[–] redparadise@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 4 days ago

Haven't heard of a faster way to get unreasonable fines

[–] Talos@sopuli.xyz 17 points 4 days ago (5 children)

You have to sign in to YouTube to watch this

[–] Solrac@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

mpv (url) or yt-dlp (url)

[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago
[–] scott@lem.free.as 6 points 4 days ago

Not if you don't use YouTube. ;)

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 4 days ago

Not required for me using a private browsing tab and newpipe

[–] ATS1312@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What a fascinating way to shout out the much longer video she posted today. Setting things up to see more from this channel showed me her most recrnt uploaded titles and... Wow.

This let me plan when I could do an hour, and actually focus on it. I don't know if you did this on purpose, but good work anyway!

[–] Kissaki@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago

I watched this from a YouTube recommendation and found it interesting and worth sharing. No further strategy behind it. :)

[–] myszka@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

No is a beautiful name though

[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I always use a virtual credit card from Revolut.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

don't they still ask you for a name?

[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you meant Revolut, then only when signing up for it. Otherwise I just fill a bunch of bullshit into the form and carry on. I always prefer personal pickup or parcel box anyway.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i'm trying to understand how you buy w revolut without providing your name

so you pick it up yourself?